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an electric vehicle that could travel more than 1000km on a single charge, retained nearly all its battery capacity after three years, can operate normally in a wide range of temperatures, could be recharged in 10 minutes, and cost the same as an equivalent combustion-powered car, would you? That is the situation that will be thrust upon consumers when solid-state battery technology begins being mass produced midway through this decade. Toyota is hoping to get ahead of the curve, pushing a number of

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